Driving cap for fenceposts



Aug. 7, 1923.

P. J. HINDMARSH DRIVING CAP FOR FENCEPOSTS Original Filed April 5, 1.922

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DRIVING CAP FOR FENCEPOSTS.

Original Io. 1,444,884, dated February 1d, 1923, Serial No. 549,244, filed April 3, 1922. Application mreissue and June 27, 1923. Serial 110. 848,150.

To all'ivhom it may concern.-

Bev it known that'I, PERCY J. HINDMARSH, a citizen of the United States and resident of Lincoln in the county of Lancaster and State of ldebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Driving Caps for Fenceposts, of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates to fence posts and moreparticularly to driving caps for such' posts, and has for one of its ob'ects the provision of an improved cap of t is class that will facilitate the driving of tubular fence posts and one that may be readily removed 5 therefrom after the driving operation is completed. v

Another object of this invention is to provide a cap of novel construction that will not damage the integral attaching tongues 5'0 formed on the posts for attaching the fencing thereto.

A still further object is to provide a cap having the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of partsillustrated in the accom anying drawings and described .in

the 0 lowing specification.

In the drawings, Fi re 1 is a sideclevation of a fence post aving my invention ap lied thereto.

of the driving cap.

Figure 3'15 a bottom plan of the driving Ehe fence post illustrated in the drawings 85 is of a standard and well known design and comprises a tubular body portion 2 formed from a flat sheet of metal having its longitudinal edges abutting, forming an open seam 3. A series of tongues or lugs 4 are struck from the post and form means for attaching the fencing to the posts.

'Fence posts of this construction are adapt ed'to be driven into the mid manna 1y by a sledge or maul, and it will bepreadily understood that unless some means is provided for protecting the upper end of the post and preventing it from spreading it will be damaged and the open seam 3 will spread. Therefore I have provided the detachable driving cap of this invention.v

' The driving cap comprises a driving head 7, having a hollow substantially cyhndrical igure 2 1s a vertical sectional elevation body portion or annular flange 6 extending downwardly therefrom. The inner side faces of said bod or flange are fluted to form longitudinal y extending spaced ribs 8 which project inwardly. The internal d ameter-of the portion 6 at the face of the IlbS 8 is such as will closely fit the upper end of the post 2.

The upper closed end of the body portion of the cap is vprovided on its inner surface with a flat finished circular bearing portion 9 adapted to contact with the upper end face of the post 2 so as to get atrue bearin oven the entire upper end of the 0st. A rusto conical projection 10 exten s downwardly from the inner face of the closed end 7 of the cap and is adapted to extend into the upper end'of the post 2 to prevent the post buckling inwardly while being driven into the round.

T e body portion 6 of the cap is provided wlth a longitudinally extending hollow proection or recess 11 adapted to provide clearance for the tongues 01'' lugs 4 of the post 2. A solid lug 12 15 provided at a point diametrically opposite the projection 11 adapted to receive driving blows when removing the ca from the post after it has been driven into t e ound;

While have shown only one specific embodiment of my invention it will be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the specific construction shown, since various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of my invention as defined'in the appended claims.

I claim V c 1. A driving capl for fence posts comprisin a driving cad, an annular flange exten ing s downwardly .from said head forming a hollow body portion adapted to fit over a post, and longitudinally extendi ribs projectinginwardly from the innersi 0 face of said flange adapted to engage the side walls of the st.

2. A driving'cap or prisin a driving ead, an annular flange exten ing downwardly from said head forming afence posts om hollow bodyportion adapted to.

fit over a post, said flange having a longi- .z-

tudinally extending reoe to form clearance for projections on the post, and beanng profrom the bottom edge jections extendin inwardly from the inner side face of sai flange adapted to engage the side walls of the 0st. I

3. A driving cap or fence posts comprisin a driving ead, an annular flange exten ing downwardly from said head forming a hollow body portion adapted to fit over a. post, bearing projections extending inwardly from the inner side face of said flange adapted to engage the side walls of the post; and a lug extending outwardly of said flange adapted to receive driving b ows in removing the cap from the post.

4. A driving cap for fence posts comprising a. solid driving head, an annular tending ribs projecting inwardly from the inner side face of said flange and adapted to engage the side wallsof the 0st.

In testimony whereof I have ereunto set 111 hand.

y PERCY J. HINDMARSH. 

